Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs), as low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions, specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure for the formation of offshore companies and for the investment of offshore funds.
Jersey – The Facts
- Territory: The Channel Islands (Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey)
- Status: UK Crown Dependencies
- Population: 90,800
- Capital: St Helier
- Area: 116 sq km/45 sq miles
- Major languages: English, French, local forms of French
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 84 years (women)
- Monetary unit: Pound sterling
- Main exports: Agricultural produce
- GNI per capita: n/a
- Internet domain: .je
- International dialling code: +44
- Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II. Represented by Lt-Gen Andrew Ridgway
- Bailiffs: Sir Philip Bailhache.
- Chief minister : Senator Frank Walker
- The press
- Jersey Evening Post –daily
- The Guernsey Press-daily
- Television
- BBC South West-carries news for Channel Islands audiences
- Channel Television- commercial, part of the UK's ITV network
- Radio:
- BBC Radio Jersey,
- Channel 103 -commercial
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